New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-01
MUSICAL GOSSIP.

Mas ida Klein who filed minor roles at the Metro.
potan Opera House acceptably during the last two
seasons of German opera. has been engaged oy Mr.
Foster for the Boston Ideals
Mllocker's Beggar Student has not yet reached
the limit popularity Mr.. McCaulrs revival OF IL
at waacks demonstrated the pernaeity OF It's hold
on public favor here and in Germany 1t Is an enecive
repertory piece Paris Is about u enjoy IN anew t
erary dress by NM Hennequin and valabreque, whose
book for Millockers music is said to he after Scribe
considerable number OF choristers and Others con-
nected with the National Opera Company last season
have signed conditional contracts with The National
Opera Company, Charles f. Locke. proprietor" for
next The condition Is OF course that they are 70
be engaged Il the company begins siou 10 at
tachng the property OF the company In NewJersey Is
without significance touching the proposed reorsnn
Locke OF 80 per cent OF the capital locs VI .hs
company and in his behalf Mr. atsd
for London last week In view OF Mrs ThnrDers reported
determination her fellow stockholders In the
National Opera Companyt would D. interesting 70 ~
the OF Incorporation filed with the secretary OK
II that OF the 5000 shares of 800 each Wash
ngton T. Conner. Jeanette NJ Ihurber parse rodMin'
and Theodore Thomas OF New-York and Henry >. Hig-
sjnson Of Boston owned two shares each. With this
capital OF 81 100. the National Opera Company organ
nette N. Thurber Parse Goodwin. Charles G. Buckley.
Washington + Conner and Cleveland A. Conner.
The owner OF KrolIs Theatre in Berlin, who mas
engaged LII Lehman to sing at his establishments ana
has met an in the form Of refusal OF the man
ege which she forfeited by her violation of contract s
appealed To his colleagues OF the CartllvcroaL Mss
Lehman paid the fine imposed on her. ana ierr fhSo..
In a circular letter 10 the associated managers argues
that the action. taken after the payment was ssa,
because eppost ftsto. So at least tue case seems "
present itself Herr Engel has invited the managers "
express their opinions on the subject
Miss Lehman paid her fine Immediately after her
return to Berlin last summer. She did so against tho
advice of many friends who anticipated the turn which
affairs have now taken and told her that she would gain
notbine nv putting the $4,000 marks into the Royal
excheqller When her terms were asked py the dhsS9
ment OF the German Sangcrfest held last July 10 MY
waukee she answered $500 ana tnThns =. N''"~
said: III let the festival pay my Bertln nue.
OF the American composers In Germany Arthur Bro
and Z. A. MacDowell seem to he most successful IN
securing publishers Half dozen works OF tue former
including symphony performed AT concert Of ING
New York symphony Society, have been pubiished anu
a recent advertisement Of Julius Hainauer publisher OF
works as recently ssed Two fantasas for pianoiorte
op. IL: a" Barcarole aud Hennores1nc lof pltno
FORTE OPP Is; three Poems for planoiorte' -FOUR
hands op 20: five Moon Pictures" a!ter Hans
Christian Andersen for panoforte, four hands op
Hamlet Ophelia" two symphonic poems Tor gram
orchestra op 22; HuDnores Iue March, Cradle
Idyls for panoforte OPP 20. The series OF songs,
entitled In an Old Garden" which MI MacDowen IN.
seribed to Mr. Agranonte, who brought them otwsa q.
of his concerts last winter have peeh p"osnoo "
this city by q schirfner
Out Of 26i representations during the last season Of
the Royal Opera Berlin tOrtytwo were devoted 10
Wagners works. is about onesixth of ALL In the
Metropolitan season the proportion half though
number Of Wagner operas given was the saine.six
in each case. In Berlin " LoheDgru had fourteen
perforrnances; die walkire nine; "fannhauser,
seven Flying Dutchman.' six; Siegfrted, I'VE.
Meistersinger," Der froupeter Won sakklngen
season. leads the Berlin list with Twenty-Five representa-
lions.